Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2023

The post Do middle-market businesses need an ESG strategy? appeared first on FOCUS Investment Banking LLC. Anna Brumby White, a FOCUS Principal, has over 25 years of experience as an influential business leader working with Fortune 500 companies and small businesses on multiple continents.

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 15, 2023

Washington, DC, (August 15, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that it has added two new managing directors, Mike McCraw and William R. Bill”) Snow.

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OfficeHours

JULY 11, 2023

Written by a Top OfficeHours Female Coach When I first started my job in investment banking, I knew the first month or so would be training before I actually hit the desk and started working with my team. The Series exams refer to a variety of licensing exams that are commonly associated with investment banking and related fields.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 15, 2024

You can think of it like “Consulting, but with less ‘planning’ and more ‘doing.’” The team structure varies widely, but upper-middle-market firms and mega-funds tend to have dedicated operations teams, while smaller firms combine their operations and deal teams.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 17, 2024

If you have the option to work in finance in different parts of the world, investment banking in India should be at the bottom of your list. But the main problem is that winning a “true” front-office investment banking role in India is virtually impossible, even if you have outstanding academic credentials and work experience.

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 31, 2023

small boutique) “ Last thing you want to be is STUCK in a DOWN-CYCLE being a banking analyst thinking I should’ve recruited before when there were more opportunities.” EB) “ You guys are like the new WSO — WSO is full of trollers anyway, really tough to get access to any validated information.” WHY CHOOSE US?

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Applicable to Investment Banking Analysts and Beyond! These discussions might reaffirm your interest in Investment Banking as a perfect fit, or they could steer you in a completely different direction. Are you interested in learning more about OfficeHours and how a Banking/Buyside Coach can help you? Just do it. WHY CHOOSE US?

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Their expertise in M&A, understanding of market dynamics, and extensive knowledge of government contracting were invaluable in ensuring the success of this process.” The CCA investment banking team on this transaction included Managing Director Marty O’Neill , Vice President Andy Spears, and Analyst Miles Galley.

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Solganick & Co.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This report analyzes current industry subsectors including application partners, public cloud partners, data analytics consulting, cybersecurity services, managed services providers (MSPs), and software development services providers. February 16, 2023 – Solganick & Co. For more information, please contact us.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 23, 2023

Almost nothing is worse than recruiting for investment banking internships , winning an offer, preparing , completing the internship, and then not getting a return offer. All the large investment banks – bulge brackets , elite boutiques , and middle-market firms – use internships as a recruiting tool for Analysts and Associates.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

If there is one sector that has attracted even more hype than technology and TMT , it might just be renewable energy investment banking. But before jumping into the overall advantages and disadvantages, let’s start with the verticals and how banks are set up: Table Of Contents What is Renewable Energy Investment Banking?

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OfficeHours

JULY 4, 2023

small boutique) “ Last thing you want to be is STUCK in a DOWN-CYCLE being a banking analyst thinking I should’ve recruited before when there were more opportunities.” EB) “ You guys are like the new WSO — WSO is full of trollers anyway, really tough to get access to any validated information.” WHY CHOOSE US?

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Focus Investment Banking

MAY 16, 2024

Previously FOCUS served as exclusive financial advisor to Cantey Tech in its Platform transaction with LNC and exclusive financial advisor to Palindrome Consulting in its sale to Cantey Tech. FOCUS served as exclusive financial advisor to NCG. We made the right choice with Cantey Tech.”

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Intrepid Banker Insights

JANUARY 26, 2023

Most recently, she was the founder and Group Head of Special Situations Investment Banking at Cowen. Ken has spent over 26 years working in investment banking, private equity, restructuring, and turnaround consulting. For the past two years, he was a Managing Director in Special Situations Investment Banking at Cowen.

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Periculum Capital

MAY 14, 2024

Bill and Janell Voss co-founded Micro-Dyn in 1989 and since then health plans, providers, consultants and other customers have relied upon Micro-Dyn for complex data validation, grouping and reimbursement calculations software that incorporates the data and specifications from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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OfficeHours

JUNE 27, 2023

That’s the minimum time we recommend allocating to PE prep to be competitive for a megafund or upper middle market placement during on-cycle. WHAT IS OFFICEHOURS OfficeHours is a career development company catered towards investment banking analysts and other finance professionals who just kicked off their careers.

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Solganick & Co.

MARCH 11, 2024

With a long and distinguished career in investment banking, Alexei has a proven track record of leading deal execution and origination efforts. His proven ability to manage the M&A transaction process will be a major asset as we continue to expand our client reach into middle-market and enterprise clients within the technology sector.

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Periculum Capital

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Revelant’s architects and consultants are experts in complex, multi-system integrations of legacy and new systems using custom-built software as well as Mulesoft. About Periculum Capital Company, LLC Periculum is a leading investment and merchant banking firm serving the corporate finance needs of middle market companies.

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Successful Acquisitions

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

2024 State of the Market Survey Near the end of 2023, Capstone Strategic, Inc., 38% of the respondents were from the banking and financing industry.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The CCA investment banking team on this transaction included Managing Director Marty O’Neill and Vice President Andy Spears. About DataSync Technologies DataSync Technologies provides consulting excellence and real-time solutions for customers with complex information technology needs within the defense and intelligence communities.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 24, 2024

But then recruiting moved up, the MBA process became more structured, and now we have 4-year-olds aiming for “Target Kindergartens” so they can eventually get into investment banking ~15 years in the future. Interestingly, there are not many investment banks on these lists.

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Tyton Partners

JANUARY 18, 2024

Tyton Partners Closes 2023 with Strong and Consistent Results and Focus on a Robust 2024 We are pleased to announce that Tyton Partners Investment Banking Division closed 2023 with a strong performance despite a global slowdown in M&A activity.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

From a career perspective , growth equity appealed to many bankers and consultants who didn’t want to be “pigeonholed” in venture capital (limited exit opportunities) or suffer through “banking hours” once again in private equity. Also, you can get in more easily from a middle-market or boutique bank.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Pharmacies are closer to retail companies; nursing facilities are like REITs or real estate; small physicians’ practices are like consulting firms; and HCIT companies could be more like software or IT services firms. For more on this, please see our healthcare investment banking article. in biology. Can you get in as an D.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

AUGUST 16, 2024

Private equity (PE) firms are investing in middle market businesses at a healthy pace despite a high interest rate environment that makes it more costly to finance deals. First, Some PE Fundamentals PE investment in the middle market is defined by a fairly common set of criteria.

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 17, 2023

John Haydock is the founder of Sight Casting Consulting, a firm that provides fractional leadership, consulting, and executive coaching to ventures ranging in size from start-ups to mid-caps. The post In a Challenging Environment, Seize Opportunities to Grow appeared first on FOCUS Investment Banking LLC.

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Solganick & Co.

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Formed in 2009 by experienced investment banking professionals, Solganick is a data-driven independent investment bank and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm that provides specialized industry-focused expertise in the software and tech-enabled services industry sectors. Solganick & Co.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

JUNE 2, 2023

That’s the topic CCA Managing Director Marty O’Neill and Shirley Collier, President of Scale 2 Market, discussed on the Growth Masters Federal podcast, which this blog recaps. Investors are still active in the M&A middle market, even in a difficult economy.

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Tyton Partners

APRIL 10, 2024

Excolere Equity Partners is a leading middle market private equity firm that leverages its deep sector experience and strategic and operational expertise to accelerate the growth and enhance the impact of companies in the Education and Human Capital sector.

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Education Medical Private Equity Equities 52

InvestmentBank.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

One of the biggest struggles with selling in the middle to lower middle market is business valuation expectations. Sellers almost always feel their business is worth far more than what the market will bear. Here are some reasons why this has been the case: The owner is valuing assets and not cash-flows.

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 3, 2024

Private equity investors like IT-focused MSPs because of the potential of this large, fragmented market, which makes the industry prime for a buy-and-build strategy. According to data from FOCUS Investment Banking, most MSP deals to this point have been mergers of equals.

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OfficeHours

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

You can get into a proper upper-middle-market PE shop quite nicely from management consulting and investment banking alike. He began his professional journey as an Investment Banking Analyst at UBS. To know if the buyside is right for you, let’s start with a textbook understanding of “What is private equity?”

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 26, 2023

Before joining Periscope Equity, Joe was an Associate at SFW Capital Partners , a middle-market private equity firm, where he was primarily focused on making control investments into analytical technologies, software, and services businesses. Excited to mention that one of our first ever PE Placements is coming back for Round 2!

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 30, 2023

What about management consultants and MBAs? Before joining Periscope Equity, Joe was an Associate at SFW Capital Partners , a middle-market private equity firm, where he was primarily focused on making control investments into analytical technologies, software, and services businesses. Over 300 Applications Received in 4 Days!

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 10, 2024

Many of these newer, sports-focused firms are also quite small, which means that compensation is more in-line with lower-middle-market PE firms, and promotion opportunities are less clearly defined. However, if you go for roles at the smaller, sports-focused firms, recruiting is all off-cycle , and headhunters are not heavily involved.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For example, you dont need to work at a bulge bracket or elite boutique bank to participate; you could work at a smaller bank, in management consulting, or another finance-related field (Big 4, corporate development, valuation, etc.). as most PE recruiting in other countries is off-cycle.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

They are categorized into strategic, private equity, technology, and logistics backed transactions.

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